CSR Company Profile
Michiel van Dijk & Irene Schipper
Amsterdam, May 2007
Dell – CSR Company Profile
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Dell CSR Company Profile By: Michiel van Dijk & Irene Schipper February 2007 Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen (SOMO) Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations
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Contents
1 Introduction........................................................................................................ 4 2 Company Overview ........................................................................................... 6 3 Supply Chain...................................................................................................... 8 4 CSR Policies....................................................................................................... 10 4.1 Human and Labour Policies ................................................................................ 10 4.2 Environmental Policies ........................................................................................ 12 4.3 Compliance with CSR Standards ........................................................................ 13 5 Field Research ................................................................................................... 19 5.2 Working Conditions in Supplier Companies ........................................................ 22 5.3 Dell’s Hard Disk Drive Supply Chain in Thailand ................................................ 30 5.4 Working Conditions in the Thai HDD Supply Chain ............................................ 32 5.5 Dell Hard Disk Drive Supply Chain in the Philippines
Links: Table 2: Sales by Region, 2005 Sales (mllion US$) 28,481 7,930 12,873 6,624 55,908 Figure 1: Key Financial Information, 2002-2006 60,000 50,000 million US$ 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 Revenue Net income Feb 02 31,168.00 1,246.00 Jan 03 35,404.00 2,122.00 Jan 04 41,444.00 2,645.00 Jan 05 49,205.00 3,043.00 Jan 06 55,908.00 3,572.00